Pencil and eyeglass holder



J. P. WEBSTER.

PENCIL AND BYEGLASS HOLDER.

(No Model.)

No. 302,696. 'Patented July 29, 1884.

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JOSEPH F. WEBSTER, OF NFHV BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS.

PENCIL AND EYEGLASS HOLD ER.

BPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 302,696, dated July 29,1884-.

' Application filed June 4, 1884. (No model.)

To ztZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Josnrrr F. WEns'rER,

of New Bedford, in the county of Bristol and State of Massachusetts,have invented certain Improvements in Pencil and Eyeglass Holders, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This'invention relates to a pencilholding device consisting,essentially, of a jaw pivoted to a band adapted to be placed on thepencil and pressed at one end by a spring against the pencil or againstthe side of a garmentpocket in which the pencil is placed, so as to holdthe pencil in the pocket by its grasp on the latter, the jaw beingseparated from the pencil or from the side of the pocket by inwardpressure upon its rear end, or the end opposite the side of the pivotfrom the grasping end.

Heretofore the rear end of the jaw has been unprotected, so that it isliable to be pressed inwardly by accidental means, as by leaning orpressure of the person carrying the pencil against an external object,and thus cause the jaw to release its hold 011 the garment, andrendering the pencil and attachment liable to be lost.

lWIy invention has for its object to prevent this liability toaccidental displacement and provide a protecting device for the rear endof the jaw, adapted both to prevent inward movement of said end bydirect inward pressure, and also to serve as a means whereby said endmay be fpressed inwardly by backward pressure applied to said protectingdevice.

The invention also has for its object to enable the jaw to serve as aneyeglass-holder.

To these ends my invention consists in the improvements which I will nowproceed to describe and claim.

Of the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,Figures 1 and 2 repsent, respectively, side and front views of myimproved holder applied to a pencil, Fig. 2 showing the holdersupporting an eyeglass. Fig. 3 represents a section on line a; m, Fig.1.

The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in all thefigures.

In the drawings, or represents aband adapted to surround a pencil, b.

0 represents the graspingjaw, pivoted at 0 to cars formed on said band,and projecting at its grasping end beyond the band, so that it can bearagainst the pencil or against the side of a pocket interposed between itand the pencil. 4

(1 represents the protecting and. operating device for the rear end ofthe jaw c. Said de vice is a small piece of metal pivoted at d to theband a, and provided with a recess, 6, which receives the rear end ofthe jaw and presents a shoulder, f, on which the rear end of the jawrests. A spring, g, coiled upon the pivot of the piece d, presses thelatter against the rear end of the jaw, and thus holds the shoulderf inposition to support the end of the jaw and prevent it from being pressedinwardly while the piece is in place. The rear end of the jaw isprovided with a slot, h, through which the piece d projects. One side ofthe recess 0 of said piece bears against the rear edge of the slot hwhen the piece (2 is turned backward] y, and thus exerts backward andinward pressure on the rear end of the jaw, at the same time removingthe supporting-shoulder f from under the jaw and raising the graspingend, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1. It will be seen, therefore,that when the piece at is in its normal position it looks the jaw, sothat it cannot be moved by direct inward pressure applied to its innerend, and that when it is desired to throw the grasping end of the jawoutwardly a backward press ure of the thumb or finger on the piece cl accolnplishes the desired result.

The jaw 0 is provided near its grasping end with a loop, '13, adapted toreceive a handle or offset on the frame of a pair of eyeglasses, asshown in Fig. 2, the glasses being thus securely and conveniently held.

I claim- 1. The improved holder for pencils and other like articles,composed of the band adapted to be applied to the pencil, the jaw c,pivoted to the band, and the locking and operating piece (1, pressed bya spring against the rear end of the jaw, and provided with a shoulder,f, adapted to support said rear end, and with a portion projectingthrough a slot in the jaw, whereby when said piece is turned backwardly011 its pivot the jaw is separated from the pencil at its grasping end,as set forth. J

2. The improved holder, composed of the band a, adapted to be applied toapeneil, and to this specification, in the presence of two the jaw c,pivoted to the band and provided subscribing witnesses, this 29th day ofMay, 10

with the eyeglass-holding 100p i, and adapted 1884. to bear at one endwith a yieldin pressure v 5 against the pencil or against the garmentin- JOSEPH VEBSTER' terposed between the jaw and pencil, and there-\Vit-nesses:

by retain the eyeglass in theloop, as set forth. l CHARLES E. COOK,

In testimony whereof I have signed my name SIMEON N. WEST.

